I stood mesmerised at Seattle's Moore Theatre, the full breath of Queensryche spiralling info focus before me as they performed their "Empire". In 1990 the song represented everything spectacular about one of hard rock's premier bands in a landscape of costumed imagery...

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Nightrider

Queensryche  Nightrider lyrics

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Beware of night for we all know he's loose again
Behind him lies the eyes of mercy and despair
Forever living out his nightmare comes to life
From hell this spell will find its way to you
Tonight
Tonight

A thousand cries are heard, they echo in the wind
And still the rider will unleash his chosen sin
The victims of his rage are soldiers of his mind
His scream will heed the call of those who stand behind

The nightrider sails away
The nightrider sails yeah

By day the rider will have vanished from all eyes
Seen from within the only answer to him lies
But as the rays of light begin to fade away
The rider will return to carry out his stay

The nightrider sails away
The nightrider sails yeah

Beware of the night
Beware of the night
Beware of the night
Oh god, beware of the night